31 October 2008

A slow week, relatively speaking, so I have a selection of images from my daily goings around.

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Autumn has arrived in Spain. There is snow in the mountains, and some days, rain clouds over Alicante. In most cases the clouds just threaten and look pretty:

The alternates:

Alternate 1
A few days later, the clouds contributed to a glorious sunset. This is the view from my roof terrace, looking straight ahead:

Alternate 2
And this is the view when I look to my right:

Alternate 3
Centre of Alicante, outside the Burger King:

Alternate 4
I continued my research into the vegetable vendors at the Mercado Central:

Alternate 5
There are lots of stray cats around here. On balance, they have a decent life. The climate is mild, there are places to shelter when it rains, and a lot of people feed them:

Alternate 6
This one is sitting on the wall, eyeing my dog very intently:

The last four images are from a motorcycle ride to a nearby village called Busot. Even though it is only about 10 km inland from El Campello, the beach town where we lived until July, it is a completely different world.

Alternate 7
Here is the main street of the village, leading up to the church and the town hall. Yes, it is my motorcycle parked in the distance:

Alternate 8
A view of the landscape on the edge of the village:

Alternate 9
A Busot driveway:

Alternate 10
Autumn is hunting season. I can just imagine coming home to my wife with a dead hare and asking her to clean it…: